The Rover-Landers of BC

I have a 110 exmod and it does sit taller in the rear, I am installing hd front springs that will lift the front up a little but will stiffen the ride also....untill hd bumper and winch go on.......
Don

I heard it from a friend that the rear D90 shocks installed in the front will cure that. It's worth checking out.

My MOD 110 sits high at the rear too. When loaded it sits more level.

I'm trying to figure out if the shocks are any good. If I jump on one side the truck sproinks around some. Any ideas out there?

JD

I was always told by my dad that as a general rule if you push on a corner of the car and it bounces any more than 3 times you have a problem, so no movement after the 3rd bounce and do this in each corner to check all shocks.
Andrew

Andrew,

OK. I'll give that a go.

Cheers
JD

Are the shocks really the problem with the back end sitting higher?

Shocks, with the exception of the overload air shocks that are used in some RVs, don't generally have an effect on ride height. Even gas shocks are soft enough you can push them in by hand, so they are not likely to have enough power to lift your several thousand pound vehicle even a quarter of an inch. How far can you compress your springs by hand? Perhaps a half inch? Shocks dampen the bounce of the springs, but your truck is truly suspended on the springs, not the shocks.

As to whether the shocks are good or not, Andrew's test is pretty accurate, but if you're trying to figure out why the rear end sits higher than the front, shocks are not likely the cause.

More likely on an exMOD, it was specced to carry heavy loads initially and the rear springs were uprated accordingly. The fact that most of us are not putting thousands of pounds of munitions in the back stands to reason that the back end will sit a little higher.

The one exception I've seen is where a shock is so totally worn and rusted that the shaft of the shock cannot fully articulate and it has bound the suspension into a lower position than it should be, which could be a factor on your front suspension.

Dave

Dave,

No, don't think the shocks are keeping our back ends up! I think we just got there kinda by accident. Sorta just on the subject while talking about back ends .. so I was wondering
But thanks for the thought.

Cheers
JD

got out the old tape measure and had a consultation with our non military 110

the right side is 1.5 in higher than the left
This is correct for LHD but ours is RHD
The rear is 5.5 inches higher than the front - measured at the front door post and the rear body panel
The front springs may have sagged somewhat ove the years because of the weight of the engine/tran or they are just built that way
Ours is coil suspension

I wonder if those rubber spring "savers" that crappy tire sells work well? They are supposed to give stiffer performance from old tired coil springs.

JD

You need to measure bump stop clearance to the axles to properly measure the difference.

Old tired springs aren't that expensive to replace...

Saw a set for Range Rover on Roverparkboys.com for $395 cad, and a heavy duty set for defender on roversnorth for $320 usd.

Dave